In this second post in the what prepping supplies do I need series we are going to talk about bug out bags and bug out bag supplies. The next post in this series will be about get home bags and everyday carry items.

The first thing you should do when you start prepping is work on your bug out bag, get home bag and every day carry items or kit. The reason I do this is because most of us are always on the go, and even though this is our bug out bag or our get home bag, it doesn’t mean it can’t be helpful around the house.

When I say the first thing, I don’t mean the only thing you should work on. While you are working on these bags you should also be working on building your food and water storage. We will go into this more in a bit, but food and water storage can be done with little extra cost and on an ongoing basis.

Think of your bug out bag as a mini version of your overall preparedness plan. We have more room around the house to prepare for a longer period of time, but the 5 areas of preparedness apply to any survival situation. [Read more…]

Recently I’ve have received a few questions about what prepping supplies you need after you get the basics down. Even though there are about a million posts about what to put in your bug out bag and other prepping supplies, I figured I would write this series and have it all in one place for you. I will also be digging deeper into this at the Survivalist Prepper Prepping 101 course.

So, over the next few days I will be doing a series of posts that will go through the steps to takes when you first start prepping. Something that seems pretty simple on the surface can get a little confusing the more we get into it. In this series I will go over…

• What prepping supplies you need. I will cover bug out bags, get home bags, everyday carry, car kits and prepping at home.
• What supplies to get first, and why. Getting everything you need can add up pretty quickly, so I will go through the step by step process we use.
• And a cheat sheet to keep everything organized at the end. There will be a cheat sheet and a PDF for you to download at the end of this series that you can download to help you stay on track.

Make sure and subscribe below to get the new posts in this series emailed to you when they come out. This series will be a 6 post step by step process.

When we first come to the realization that preparing ourselves and our family is important, it can be a little scary and a little exciting all at the same time. It can be scary because usually one thing or another leads us into preparing. It could be something that changed our lives personally and uncovered areas that we need to improve in, or it could be the fact that everywhere we turn now we hear about someone or something that could do us harm. [Read more…]